Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2006-11-15 14:04
>>Although they both involve the register vent, isn't the clarity of the throat Bb a rather different issue from the undertone buzzing/humming of higher notes?>>
Yes, but oddly enough, clearing up one problem often improves the other as well. Someone else will have to explain the physics. Btw, since I don't like cork pads because of the sound they make when they close, I tried the lazy cheapskate's Hasty method on a fishshin pad and am pretty happy with the results: I put a dot of hot-melt glue in the center of the pad. Don't do this with extremely hot hot-melt, or it'll frizzle the pad, but if you drip a blob of hot-melt on the workbench, let it sit for a couple of seconds and then apply it with a toothpick, it works fine. If necessary, use a nail file to shape the blob after it dries.
Incidentally, I ruined several pads this way (experimenting on old, dead pads I'd saved for mad science...) before I got the technique down, so practice a bit first.
Lelia
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